This Week: Don't Miss FP's Profile of Jake Sullivan

Jake Sullivan, Biden’s “once-in-a-generation intellect,” is facing a once-in-a-generation challenge. Plus, our new weekly news quiz. [Read this email in your browser]( [FP-This-Week-tighter] Welcome to This Week. In a Foreign Policy top read this week, the biggest challenge for U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will be realizing what President Joe Biden calls a “foreign policy for the middle class.” Instead of divorcing U.S. foreign-policy actions—whether fighting terrorists in the Middle East or pursuing new trade deals—from domestic policy, Sullivan and Biden are trying to meld the two. Read Elise Labott’s captivating profile, “[The Sullivan Model]( Plus, test your knowledge of global events with our new weekly news quiz, [What in the World]( Later this month, don’t miss our [Virtual Climate Summit]( April 27 and 28. Coming on the heels of Biden’s Earth Day summit, FP will convene an international gathering featuring heads of state, two senators, climate envoy John Kerry, industry leaders, and issue experts to highlight strategies and innovations for viable, cross-sector solutions to meet urgent climate targets. Lastly, [view the recording]( of last week’s virtual dialogue on “Foreign Policy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” Foreign Policy, in partnership with Dataminr, convened a forward-looking conversation on diplomacy and international crisis mitigation in the digital age. Thank you for reading. --------------------------------------------------------------- TOP READS FROM FP [The Sullivan Model]( By Elise Labott Jake Sullivan, Biden’s “once-in-a-generation intellect,” is facing a once-in-a-generation challenge. For years, a cultlike narrative has followed Jake Sullivan, who at 44 is the youngest top national security official in the Biden administration and the youngest national security advisor in almost 60 years; everyone speaks of his rare combination of precocious talent, maturity, and devotion to country. Having once been a champion of the traditional foreign-policy consensus, Sullivan is now questioning how national security can be reframed first and foremost to address domestic needs. Read more from Elise Labbot, an FP columnist and adjunct professor at American University’s School of International Service, to find out. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS [FP Virtual Climate Summit]( April 27 and 28 U.S. climate envoy John Kerry among speakers who will give remarks What lessons have we learned from the pandemic? Can we galvanize the level of global action used to tackle COVID-19 in the fight against climate change? 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